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Concurrent Sessions:
Wednesday, August 27
Concurrent Technical Sessions- Period 1
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Session 1A  Risk-Based Design

Presentations:

    Risk-Based Optimization as a Decision Tool for the Choice of Breakwater Types
    K. Laenen
    HBG Civiel bv

    Virtual Performance of Rubble Mound Structures
    N. Kobayashi
    University of Delaware

    Performance Design of Maritime Structures and Its Application to Stones and Blocks of Breakwaters
    S. Takahashi
    Port and Airport Research Institute

    Breakopt: A Simulation System for the Probabilistic Optimization of Rubble Mound and Vertical Breakwaters
    S. Alfageme
    Moffatt & Nichol Engineers

Session 1B  Groins and Rocky Shores

Moderator:

    Design of Timber Groynes
    U. Perdok
    HR Wallingford

Presentations:

    Groin Notching in Spring Lake, New Jersey
    L. Bocamazo
    U.S. Army Engineer District, New York

    Beach Mining Design for a Rocky Coast Close to a Harbor and Sensitive Estuary on the Namaqualand Coast
    A. Theron
    CSIR

    Economical Rock Groynes
    M. Crossman
    HR Wallingford

Session 1C  Wave Runup and Overtopping 1

Presentations:

    Wave Overtopping Database and a First Neural Network Prediction Method
    H. Verhaeghe
    Ghent University

    Wave Overtopping at Seadikes
    H. Schuettrumpf
    Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute

    Large Scale Wave Run-Up Tests on a Rubble Mound Breakwater
    B. VandeWalle
    Ghent University

    Wave Runup and Wave Overtopping on a Rubble Mound Breakwater: Comparison of Prototype and Laboratory Investigations
    J. Moeller
    Leichtweiss-Institute for Hydraulic Engineering





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